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Letters Patent 1V0. 81,151, dated August 18, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN EGG-CARRIERS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be itknown that I, GEORGE Donn, of thecity and county of Albany, Stateof New York, have invented a new and improved Mode of Holding andCarrying Eggs, whereby the eggs are better preserved from becoming staleor broken; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1represents a perspective view of the invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical view of the same from the top;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross-section.

The nature of my invention consists of a number of trays or framesfurnished with egg-spaces, placed about a quarter of one inch apart,more or less. The said egg-spaces are formed by weaving from side tosideand from end to end, at right angles with each-other, cords, twine,or rubber strips, or similar suitable substances, at proper distancesapart, to bound the sides of the eggs. Three such woofs are used inonetray or frame. The uppermost woof hasspaces woven large enough to admitthe largest diameter of the eggs. The

' middle woof is placed about three-fourths of one inch below, and hasits spaces large enough to bound the smaller diameter, below the centreof the eggs, while the lower woof, placed three-fourths of one inchlower, has its spaces just large enough to admit the small ends of theeggs. 7

Several of these traysor frames may be used in and with a crate or box,properly constructed to receive them. A, 4

To enable others skilled in the art' to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe it in reference to the accompanying drawings,and letters of reference marked thereon, the same letters indicatinglike parts.

A A, figs. 1, 2, and 3, represent a frame of an, eg -tray, and is madeof suitable material, and of such dimensions as may be thought proper tosuit the user. From side to side, both lengthwise and across, are woventhe cords c c" c'. The cords c cc, running lengthwise, are wovenalternately above and below the cords-c a" e, which run across.

The spaces s e .s-,-fig. 3, formed by the cords e a crossing each otherat right angles, as in figs. 1 and 2, are made of a size which willadmit the largest diameter of an egg, while the cords a c are woven soas to afford spaces, 8' s, suited to a second diameter of the egg, aboutthree-fourths of one inch below its centre. A thirdsiz'e spaces, s s,are woven by the lengthwise and cross-cords c c, to admit the smallerends of the eggs E E.

The said eg -spaces s s s, thus formed, present an outline of aninverted pyramidal form, and the crosscords c c{ c', which form the saidspaces, and bound the several diameters of the eggs, support and steadythe eggs by their contact with the said cords.

Smaller spaces, at :v, are formed between the spaces 8 s, to keep theeggs apart.

Suitable cord or twine may be used, such as paper, cotton, flax, and thelike; also rubber, gutta percha, tape, or wire may be used, it thoughtproper.

On the bottom of each trayframe A, I tack a piece of canvas, (whichcanvas is not shown in the drawings, as I do not claim it as being new,)and when the trays are placed one on the other, the said canvas willpress on the eggs in the tray below, and secure .them in their places,when the crate is inverted. A similar canvas is stretched on 'a framefastened on the inner-side oi tho cover of thecrate, to hold down theeggs placed in the top crate.

Several egg-trays thus constructed may be placed in a crate or box,similar to a strawberry or oyster-crate, in which the trays and theireggsmay be carried to their destination with safety.'=

The ndvantagcsof this improvement over the old method of packing eggsand carrying them to market with cats, bran, chafl, andthelilrc, arethese:

No foreign material is needed to pack the eggs; children can be employedto place the eggs with safety; the eggs are always placed on their ends,as they should be for preservation; they are not liable to be broken bycontact with each other; the dealer can show his customer that the eggshe buys are whole.

' Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

The cords c c" c, of twine, rubber, or their equivalents, as described,woven and arranged substantially as described, for the purposespecified. 1

GEO. DORN. Witnesses:

ALEX- Seaman, A. PALMATEER.

